New Google Feature Finds Your Look-Alike In Museum Paintings

We already knew your selfie was a masterpiece, but is it a renaissance painting-- or maybe it's post-impressionism?

Author:
Alejandra Armstrong

Published:
1:45 PM EST January 15, 2018

Updated:
3:26 PM EST January 15, 2018

Google has made us all art scholars.

The new feature in Google's Arts and Culture app combs through thousands of artworks to see if any look like you.

The app was originally launched in 2016 as a way to help users to look at art featured in museums across the globe without actually having to go to a museum. The feature uses Artificial Intelligence to find matches, by examining your facial features and then comparing it to paintings in Google's database.

We already knew your selfie was a masterpiece, but is it a renaissance painting-- or maybe it's post-impressionism?